Two years ago we came together to celebrate the Supreme Court’s decision that finally made marriage equality the law of the land. It was a historical achievement for equality, but only a year later we again faced the horror of devastating hate, coming together to mourn the 49 lives that were lost in Pulse, the…
For decades, San Diego’s vibrant and eclectic LGBTQ community has come together each summer to celebrate its uniqueness, diversity and achievements while acknowledging the struggles it still faces. From the historic Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage across the country and the growing visibility of the transgender rights movement, to the emergence of medication…
The San Diego Police Department and San Diego LGBT Pride have gotten word that a group of LGBT radicals along with Black Lives Matter activists are thinking about attempting to shut down this year’s Pride parade. This, after last month’s Washington, D.C. Pride parade was stopped for over an hour, and re-routed by about a…
Drumbeat please! Once again, median home prices have climbed to a new high in San Diego. The San Diego Association of Realtors, who track the statistics like baseball fanatics, reported that the May, 2017 median topped the $600,000 mark for the first time in this decade. The 2005 peak of $517,500 when adjusted for inflation…
Being silent is the furthest impulse from my nature. When I came out, I didn’t open the closet door; I blew it off the hinges. I threw my own personal Pride parade, painting the town red, then orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. Validating my identity by speaking it out loud was the first step;…
San Diego County races have recently dominated local election chatter. On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors selected Deputy District Attorney (DA) Summer Stephan to succeed current DA Bonnie Dumanis when she steps down in July. Before Stephan was selected, her 2018 campaign was up and going and speculation about her potential opponents was a political…
This past Sunday, June 11, was indeed a historic day for the LGBT civil rights movement, as not only did thousands march on our nation’s capital Washington, D.C., but in over 116 cities across the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, Spain and others. There have now been six LGBT marches on Washington with…
For a while now, Mr Smiley has been ensuring that the Steam Room Stories guys don’t show off too much. In the latest episode the guys – Evan Ayers, Ray Tezanos and Ryan Larson – decide to try cover their manhood with a variety of different emojis but their fun soon upsets Mr Smiley. Refusing…
I remember coming out in early 2003 as a transsexual – that’s what we called ourselves back then. When those of us who called ourselves transsexual also called ourselves transgender, it was actually kind of political – we were also identifying ourselves as falling under a transgender umbrella of gender nonconforming people. Within the first…
Based on the smash hit film, the award-winning musical lands in San Diego June 13 The Bodyguard the musical will be arriving here in San Diego June 13-18 at the Civic Theatre downtown. The musical, based on the film of the same name, got its start in 2012 and went through many starts, stops and…
